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"Scrub, scrub, scrub the deck, it's all we ever do…" The young man grumbled. It wasn't entirely true. They also loaded and unloaded cargo, climbed the shrouds to set the sails, gambled below deck, and drank when the overseers weren't looking. "I hope we get to commandeer a ship at so...

Chapter 1: Seashells “Mommy, mommy, look what I’ve found!” he would yell, breathless from his run. The things he brought home were unremarkable, the humdrum detritus of the shoreline. Yet she would place them on the shelf to dry anyway. “Oh my, they are so pretty! Where did you find them?” “To the ...